National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, his mother a schoolteacher. Originally named Michael, he was later renamed Martin. He entered Morehouse College in 1944 and then went to Crozer Religious Seminary to undertake postgraduate study. In 1954, Martin Luther King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the

Atlanta, GA. on January the 15th . His grandfather and his father were pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He grew up in a middle-class family. He lived in a society governed by segregation and racism. In the fifties he joined the N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), an association founded in 1909. He succeeded in his studies : Graduated in literature in 1948, in Theology in 1951.(*), his studies ended when he received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1955 and became

The American history is marked by a peculiar institution, that is slavery (1861-1865) Slavery was abolished at the end of the civil war by Lincoln by 13th amendments of December 1865. Slavery was abolished but segregation remained. Segregation - separation of black and white people and lack of rights for the black population. In the south segregation was implemented (appliqués) by the “Jim Crow laws” (1880-1890). “JC laws” separated blacks and whites in schools and the public places (schools,

Grégoire Cortesi. Anglais -Rédaction For the Montgomery Daily . Yesterday, I learnt the disappearance of Rosa Parks and I shall like honouring the friend that she was . Rosa was a woman of history in spite of her. She didn't like the celebrity and known how to remain discreet . She was born in February 4 , 1913 , in Tuskegee , Alabama and she grew up on a small farm with her brother , mother and grandparents. in 1924 she was sent to Motgomery to continue her studies. Five years later

Norman Rockwell – The Problem We All Live With Le document : Date de parution dans le magazine américain Look (bimensuel) : 14 janvier 1964 Date de création : 1963 Artiste : Norman Rockwell, illustrateur Nature : peinture Genre : Scène historique Technique et matériaux : huile sur toile Dimensions : 91 * 147 cm > œuvre photographiée pour être insérée dans le magazine Le tableau peut être vu au Norman Rockwell Museum, il fut accroché temporairement dans l'aile ouest de la Maison Blanche

took care of her grandmother and her mother because they were ills. She was a black seamstress who worked in shop.She was an activist and she worked with her husband, Raymond, in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP's) programs. Rosa Parks sees the energy of young people as a real force for change. It is among her most treasured themes of human priorities as she speaks to young people of all ages at schools, colleges, and national organizations around the world. One

Alberta Williams, institutrice avant son mariage, était la fille d'Adam Daniel Williams, pasteur pendant dix-sept ans de l'Eglise baptiste Ebenezer et pionnier de la résistance aux discriminations raciales : membre de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, il avait lutté pour obtenir un collège secondaire pour les Noirs et fait boycotter un journal raciste. Son père, Martin Luther King Senior, était également pasteur, et il succéda d'ailleurs dès 1931 à Adam Williams dans

éducation malgré les entraves à la scolarité des Noirs, sa mère Leona éduque Rosa à la maison jusqu'à ses onze ans, puis elle est envoyée à l'Industrial School for Girls, fondée par des familles blanches du Nord pour les enfants noirs, à Montgomery, où habite sa tante. Rosa commence ensuite ses études secondaires à l'Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes, mais elle ne peut les suivre jusqu'à leur terme, car elle doit s'occuper de sa grand-mère puis de sa mère, qui tombent malades. Le Ku Klux

éducation malgré les entraves à la scolarité des Noirs, sa mère Leona éduque Rosa à la maison jusqu'à ses onze ans, puis elle est envoyée à l'Industrial School for Girls, fondée par des familles blanches du Nord pour les enfants noirs, à Montgomery, où habite sa tante. Rosa commence ensuite ses études secondaires à l'Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes, mais elle ne peut les suivre jusqu'à leur terme, car elle doit s'occuper de sa grand-mère puis de sa mère, qui tombe malade. Le Ku Klux Klan défilant

possèdent une expérience militante : à l'école secondaire, sa mère a participé à des mouvements antiracistes, militant notamment pour la libération des Scottsboro Boys[5]. Ses deux parents sont par ailleurs membres de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Sa grand-mère maternelle, née quelques années après la Proclamation d'émancipation, lui parle de l’esclavage qu’avaient connu ses propres parents[7]. Ses premières vacances à New York, où elle goûte aux joies d’une